Spire Motorsports NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Advance

• In 14 previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway, Spire Motorsports has logged two top-10 and four top-20 results with a best finish of ninth earned by Carson Hocevar in March 2025. Spire Motorsports will field the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s in NASCAR’s premier division with Daniel Suárez, Michael McDowell and Justin Haley, respectively.
• The NASCAR Cup Series will contest the final race of The Chase Sunday at Homestead. Suárez is 15th in the championship standings while McDowell is 20th in the driver point standings. The No. 77 team is 11th in the owner’s Chase standings following last week’s race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
• The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race from Homestead-Miami Speedway will be televised live on NBC Sunday, Nov. 8 beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The final points-paying race on the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series calendar will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

Daniel Suárez – Driver, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Daniel Suárez will sport a John Daly inspired Modo Super Gaming App livery on Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
• Modo, America’s Super Gaming App, is one destination where every player picks their Modo moment: play Social+ games and Modo Arcade, rip collectible boxes and chase grail cards and one-of-one pulls with Modo Rips, and soon, predict the outcomes of real-world events. Proudly American-owned and operated, the Modo Super Gaming App is built entirely in-house by ARB Interactive. Learn more at modo.us.
• Modo brand ambassador John Daly, one of golf’s most recognizable and charismatic personalities, will be featured prominently on Suárez’s No. 7 Chevy and features a bold palette of hot pink, electric cyan, violet and orange highlighted by a racing stripe built from small Daly portraits in loud pop-art color.
• Suárez has made nine starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway, earning one top-10 and five top-20 results at the 1.5-mile oval. He has recorded a 21.8 average start and 20.9 average finish. The three-time Cup Series race winner started 33rd and finished 22nd in last season’s visit to the popular South Florida oval.
• The Monterrey, Mexico native heads to the final race of 2026 ranked 15th in the championship standings. Through 35 races, he’s earned one victory, three top-five, eight top-10 and a handsome 27 top-20 finishes. The 2026 Coca-Cola 600 winner has led 42 laps this year and enters the season finale with a 14.6 average starting position and a 15.4 average finish.
• In last Sunday’s race at Martinsville, Suárez started 24th and raced his way into the top seven. Unfortunately, untimely pit cycles and damage to the nose of his machine cost him three laps, leaving Suárez and Co. with a disappointing 28th-place finish.
• The 34-year-old driver has made 358 Cup Series starts, highlighted by victories at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway (June 2022), Atlanta Motor Speedway (February 2024) and Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (May 2026). A 10-season veteran of NASCAR’s premier division, he has earned 27 top-five and 83 top-10 finishes since making his debut in 2017. Suárez has also led 949 laps and collected three career poles.
• Suárez will host his Daniel’s Amigos event Thursday, November 5, from 5–8 p.m. at K1 Speed Miami. Fans can meet Suárez, race go-karts, enjoy food and giveaways, and participate in a question-and-answer session. The first 250 guests will also receive complimentary tickets to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race. K1 Speed Miami is located at 8600 NW South River Dr., Suite 8.

Daniel Suárez Quote
Miami is the final race of the season, and you’ll be running a special paint scheme on your car. What are your thoughts on the design, and how excited are you to wrap up the season?
“I always enjoy Miami. I love the culture, the energy and the people, so it’s a special place to finish the season. I really like the Modo car this weekend. The colors remind me of Día de los Muertos, (Day of the Dead), which makes it even more meaningful to me, especially with the colors on my helmet. Having John Daly on the car is pretty cool. Hopefully, I get to meet him this weekend. We want to end the season on a high note, and I know everyone on this No. 7 team is going to give it everything we have.”

Ryan Sparks – Crew Chief, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Ryan Sparks is the Crew Chief of Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Modo Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with driver Daniel Suárez in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• Sparks has called 237 Cup Series races, earning one victory, seven top-five and 18 top-10 finishes since keying the mic for the first time in NASCAR’s premier division in 2020.
• The Winston-Salem, N.C., native has called four races at Homestead, with his highest finish coming when driver Corey LaJoie took the checkered flag 20th in October 2023.
• Sparks joined Spire Motorsports in 2021, where he served as both Crew Chief and Competition Director, leading the organization’s competitive and technical efforts. In 2026, Sparks serves in a singular role as crew chief for Suárez. He brings more than a decade of experience across all three of NASCAR’s national touring series, highlighted by 13 seasons at Richard Childress Racing and contributions to title-winning campaigns in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (2011) and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (2013).

Michael McDowell – Driver, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Michael McDowell will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 71 The Annika Chevrolet ZL1 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
• The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican is the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s (LPGA) annual tournament in the Tampa Bay region and features the world’s best female golfers competing over four rounds for a share of the $3.25 million purse, one of the largest on the LPGA Tour. The sole namesake event on the LPGA Tour, Annika Sörenstam serves as tournament host with proceeds benefiting the ANNIKA Foundation. The championship is operated by Outlyr, a global sports, event management and lifestyle marketing agency. For more information on The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, visit www.TheAnnika.com.
• McDowell owns 16 Cup Series starts at Homestead, where he’s collected two top 10s, highlighted by a venue-best sixth-place finish in 2021.
• The accomplished former sports car racer has two starts on the road course in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series at Homestead-Miami, earning finishes of fourth in 2005 and 10th in 2006.
• Last week at Martinsville Speedway, the No. 71 Spire Motorsports entry qualified 26th and raced to a respectable team-best 16th-place finish.
• Heading into the season finale, the Glendale, Ariz., native, has led 24 laps, logging three top-five and seven top-10 finishes. McDowell is currently 20th in points heading into the season finale.
• Next Wednesday, the 2021 Daytona 500 Champion will head to Bellair, Fla., for The Annika Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, stepping onto the golf course as a celebrity caddy during the week’s Pro-Am for TWG Motorsports CEO, Dan Towriss.
• The Ladies Professional Golf Association is the world’s premier women’s professional golf organization. Created in 1950 by 13 pioneering female Founders, the LPGA, whose members now represent nearly 40 countries, is the longest-standing professional women’s sports organization. Follow the LPGA online at www.LPGA.com.
• The LPGA Tour is the world’s leading competitive destination for the best female professional golfers in the world. The Tour hosts 33 annual events across 13 countries for over 200 athletes, awarding total prize funds exceeding $132 million and reaching television audiences in more than 170 countries.

Michael McDowell Quote
What are your thoughts heading back to Homestead for the season finale?
“Homestead is still one of those racetracks we go to with a good bit of fall off. You slip and slide around and work really hard as a driver all day. The racing presents a lot of options. You can run the bottom, run the top or run the top to the bottom. So, you can find where your car works best. You can find clean air. It’s just one of those tracks that you just drive all day long and it’s a lot of fun. It is special to be back at Homestead for the Championship. Being able to go down there to celebrate the end of the season has always been fun and rewarding. The track is special and I can’t wait to see what they have done since we were there last. I’m excited to feel the energy back in Miami with The Annika Driven by Gainbridge coming onboard and then head to Pelican Bay next week for their big week of LPGA golf.”

Travis Peterson – Crew Chief, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Travis Peterson serves as the Crew Chief for driver Michael McDowell and Spire Motorsports’ No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• Peterson has served in the crew chief role for four Cup Series races at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he’s recorded a 20.5 average start paired with a 15.5 average finish.
• The West Bend, Wis., native called NASCAR Hall of Famer and 2004 Cup Series Champion, Matt Kenseth, to a sixth-place finish in the 2018 season finale at Homestead. The event marked Peterson’s debut atop the pit box.
• Across 148 starts serving in the crew chief role, Peterson has called eight poles, one win, 10 top-five and 30 top-10 finishes.
• Peterson recorded his 30th career top-10 result in NASCAR’s premier division two races ago at Talladega Superspeedway.

Justin Haley – Driver, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Justin Haley will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 Spectrum Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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• Haley has recorded five previous Cup Series starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He recorded a series/venue best 10th-place finish in March 2025 driving the No.7 Chevy for Spire Motorsports. He has completed 1,332 of 1,335 (99.8 percent) of the laps contested over those five starts.
• Leading into the final race of the 2026 season, the No. 77 team has secured one win, six top fives, 12 top 10s en route to a berth in The Chase. Heading into Homestead, the No. 77 sits 11th in the owner’s Chase standings.
• In NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series competition at Homestead, Haley has logged four previous starts, earning back-to-back sixth-place finishes in 2020 and 2021. The Winamac, Ind., native also owns two top 10s in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at the 1.5-mile venue.
• Haley currently competes full time in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series for Kaulig Racing. He has collected one top-five and six top-10 finishes across 24 starts this season.
• The Winamac, Ind., native has two NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (2017-2018) starts at Homestead where he finished ninth and eighth, respectively.
• Haley owns 180 Cup Series starts across seven seasons. He earned Spire Motorsports’ first Cup Series victory in the 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and has recorded a total of six top-five and 18 top-10 finishes.
• Justin Haley Quote
• Talk about the opportunity before you this weekend.
• “I appreciate the opportunity to return to the Cup Series with Spire Motorsports. This is certainly not a situation that anyone wants to experience, but I know the effort Luke Lambert and the No. 77 team put in every week. I enjoy racing at Homestead and I’m looking forward to giving it my all to end the season on a high note for the No. 77 team.”

Luke Lambert – Crew Chief, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

• Luke Lambert is the Crew Chief of Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series.
• Lambert is in his third season at Spire Motorsports and his led his team to a pair of pole awards, one win, nine top-five and 27 top-10 finishes.
• The 16-year veteran crew chief has called 13 NASCAR Cup Series events at Homestead-Miami Speedway, earning one top five and four top 10s, highlighted by a runner-up finish in the 2014 season finale with Ryan Newman. The race marked the first Championship 4 in series history, where Newman came just 0.500 seconds from claiming the title.
• During his time as a race engineer for Richard Childress Racing’s No. 31 team, the Mount Airy, N.C., native also played a key role in Jeff Burton’s second-place finish in the 2009 event.
• The 16-year veteran crew chief has been atop the pitbox for a pair of O’Reilly Auto Parts Series events at Homestead, collecting one win, one top five and two top 10s, highlighted by Noah Gragson’s dominant victory in 2022. After qualifying second, he led 127 of the event’s 200 laps to secure the Lambert-Gragson duo’s eighth and final victory in the season’s antepenultimate race.

About Spire Motorsports …
Spire Motorsports fields full-time entries in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing.

The team, co-owned by longtime NASCAR industry executive Jeff Dickerson and TWG Motorsports CEO Dan Towriss, earned its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series victory in its first full season of competition when Justin Haley took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway July 7, 2019. Less than three years later, William Byron drove Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado its first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win April 7, 2022, at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The team’s most recent victory came October 23, 2026, when Sammy Smith won the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

In 2026, Spire Motorsports campaigns the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s in the NASCAR Cup Series and the Nos. 7 and 77 Chevrolet Silverado RSTs in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. The Mooresville, N.C., organization also fields the No. 77 410 sprint car in Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing competition.